2024 University of Waterloo Gem and Mineral Show

Friday, October 25th: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 26th: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Visit the University of Waterloo's Earth Sciences Museum for our annual Gem and Mineral Show! 

Admission is always free.

Join us on the first and second floors of the EIT building for two days of gems, minerals, fossils and jewellery. Fill out a ballot at the door to have a chance to win our door prize!

SATURDAY ONLY enjoy the Gem and Mineral show as well as the Science Open House, where kids big and small can discover science with over 50 free hands-on activities. The Science Open House is held in EIT as well as the STC building. 

This year our gem and mineral exhibitors and demonstrators will include: 

• Adventure Visuals, St. Jacobs, ON
  Paleoart and sculpture

• The Amber Room, Kingston, ON
  Amber and silver jewellery

• Cambrian Gemcraft, Waterloo, ON
  Gems, minerals, lapidary supplies, books and jewellery  

• Canadian Chromantics, Kitchener, ON
  Ammolite

• Horst Fine Minerals, Markham, ON
  Minerals and rock art

• KW Gem & Mineral Club

• Lakeside Gems, Bancroft, ON, ​​​​​​
  Minerals and semi-precious gemstones, books, geological equipment and gifts

• Newark Craftworks, Niagara Falls, ON​​​​​​
  Jewellery, minerals, rocks, gems

• Ontario Geologic Survey

• Prosper Designs, Toronto ON
  Rough and faceted jewellery and silver.

• R.H Lapidary, Hamilton, ON

• Rockhound Selective
  Amethyst

• Waterloo Wellington Children's Groundwater Festival

Visitor parking is available in Lot Q for 5$ payable by either coin, Visa or Mastercard.  Lot Q is marked with a green hexagon on the map below, and EIT is marked with the pink star.